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On 14/06/16 11:31, Sven Vermeulen wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> With the Gentoo Wiki being the sole handler of all end user (and often also |
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> development, although the Devmanual is a separate aspect but not under |
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> Documentation project anyway) we had a small talk on #gentoo-doc if there |
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> was still a need to have the documentation project as an active project. |
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> Because, you know, we're not active (beyond the wiki, which is doing great |
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> btw). |
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> I've been looking at what the project would still mean for Gentoo right now, |
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> and if that would be sufficient to keep it alive. We |
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> - have some documentation development guidelines as part of the |
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> Project:Documentation umbrella (but which can be moved if needed) |
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> - the translation subproject underneath (but again only with a guideline for |
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> translations) |
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> And that's basically not much, and a good reflection of how things evolved |
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> in the past few years. Just keeping it in limbo doesn't serve us well. It's |
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> a somewhat empty project, with its deliverables being implemented elsewhere. |
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> So it's definitely not a failure, on the contrary. It's finished. |
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> So personally, I wouldn't mind that we move whatever is still needed to the |
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> right location (Project:Wiki most likely) and clean up (or archive if |
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> needed) the rest. |
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> But I'm also all ears for people who have some neat and innovative ideas to |
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> do through the documentation project! So, what's your take on this? |
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> Wkr, |
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> Sven Vermeulen |
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I would tend to agree. Anything that needs to be moved to the wiki can |
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be, but otherwise, having a separate repository for documentation seems |
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dated. |
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Cheers, |
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Nathan Zachary |
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